What was the previous year peculiar for? The thing that is for sure is that the year was full of various auto contests and charts. All the most beautiful, reliable, expensive, fast, rare, stylish, desirable and even sexy cars have been announced. It goes without saying that the worst cars of the year have been announced as well.

The great Enzo Ferrari used to utter truths. Here is one: “You buy an engine. Everything else is attached.” Of course, the guru couldn’t have adviced the wrong.

In is no wonder that the advice given by Enzo was understood literally. First of all, Ferdinand Piech created the monster Bugatti Veyron with 1001 hp. It turned out that Piech open the Pandora’s chest. Dozens of companies followed his example, they were eager to create a car that would be even more powerful than Veyron. Many succeeded. At the moment the 1001-hp supercar doesn’t even get into the top 5 most powerful cars in the world.

Of course, the rating cannot be the one and the only. New cars spring up every day, and it is mpossible to trace them all. That’s why the rating features top 5 most powerful vehicles by the beginning of 2008. Some of them, probable will never go into series. Still, if they exist they should be mentioned.

So, Top 5 Most Powerful Cars of 2007 (Lemonlawvehicle.com version ):

5. MELLING HELLCAT occupies the 5th place. The car is a creation of the English Motorist Al Melling. Built in the typically British auto sport traditions, the supercar is equipped with a turbo supercharged 1175-hp V10. According to Melling, Hellcat is able to accelerate to 100 km/h in 2.6 seconds, and the max speed is the fantastic 442 km/h.

4. One step higher is SSC ULTIMATE AERO TWIN TURBO – the official champion. In autumn 2007 SSC got into the Guinness book of records as the fastest car (accelerating to 412 km/h). The American supercar is equipped with a supercharged 6.2-liter engine with 1183 hp.

3. LOTEC SIRIUS is a creation of the German constructor Kurt Lotterschmidt. The car is equipped with a turbo supercharged 12-cylinder 6-liter Mercedes engine with 1200 hp. The engine is able to accelerate the car to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds and the max speed is 400 km/h.

2. LOCUS PLETHORE is a relatively cheap ($300 000) 3-seat Canadian supercar that comes in the basic and top versions. The second place for this so-called “Quebec bomb” was enabled with the V8 8.2-liter engine with 1300 hp.

1. The leader of the rating - VECTOR WX-8 – the American hypercar with the unique engine: 10-liter V8 with 1850 hp. The peculiar thing is that there is a “basic” version of the car with 1200 hp. All the other data about the car are kept secret.

Top 5 Fastest Street Cars of 2007